I get the same ones Herb gets, except for Sport Bike, and a few more club mags also. Same reason-subscriptions are cheap. Keeps you on top of what's happening & how to stuff. And you get to see cars like Herb's on the covers!! The advertisements are also a good way to obtain catalogs & websites. These cos want to promote & sell their products.
Most of the mags have diff articles from each other every month unless a really super car gets newly completed and entered in a major show. Then they all seem to highlight the same car within a few month period. You could probably get by with a few select mags that fit your style & goals but you might miss a good article and some great pics & stories. For about $150 a year you can get them all. The problem I have is the time to read them all. They tend to stack up & then I read about 10 at a time. I find I read more during the winter months when I'm not tinkering, cleaning and showing. They also make you offers you can't refuse. I've got some subscriptions that are paid ahead for over 5 years and only cost a few dollars a year when averaged out. Just go with what your time & wallet allow. If you miss an article, a copy is always available from somebody and even some public libraries have them. Good Luck with your 66 Elky. Phil G. 65 SS MCC#36 ACES#555 TC#1766 VCCA LGC AMCA In a message dated 11/15/2004 9:51:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Herb Lumpp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hi Tom, > >I guess you can call me a magazine junkie - I subscribe to just about all of >them! My reasoning is simple. A subscription is so cheap, it doesn't make >sense to buy them at the newstand when a single issue costs $3.99 or more >compared to a typical subscription cost of $9.99 to $15.99 or so. For about >$100 a year I get Hot Rod, Car Craft, Chevy High Performance, Super Chevy, >Popular Hot Rodding, Sport Bike, and Chevelle World, which by the way is the >most expensive one of the bunch. >Herb Lumpp >http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Tomlinson > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:24 PM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Magazines > > > I'm starting to get more into auto restoration with the purchase of my '66 >El Camino, and I find the "how-to" articles in the Aces magazine, Car >Crafters, etc, pretty helpful (along with all the help on this list). I also >enjoy Hemmings Muscle Cars. > > My question is, what magazines do you subscribe to to keep up with this >hobby? For instance, I just found an article in Hot Rod that compared all >the Edelbrock intake manifolds that was interesting, but I'm not sure I want >a full subscription. What's worthwhile to get every month? > > Tom Tomlinson > '71 Malibu > '66 El Camino > --
